Best in a while. Breaking down the sectors into discrete non-overlapping areas is tough to do but necessary for rational policy. So, that's good. I would like you to do a thought exercise. If you were empowered to lay our the most rational cost-effective and efficient pathway to emission-free energy, what would it be? The path must …
Best in a while. Breaking down the sectors into discrete non-overlapping areas is tough to do but necessary for rational policy. So, that's good. I would like you to do a thought exercise. If you were empowered to lay our the most rational cost-effective and efficient pathway to emission-free energy, what would it be? The path must keep modernity largely intact and include policies that protect the people (not the financial interests of interested parties) who will be impacted in the transition. In other words, lay out the fastest, simplest, and cheapest way. Then go back and suggest high-level policies that will deal with the social impact. So often we are sidetracked on political and social and technical issues. Then we try to figure out the best outcomes for the vested interests, and the sphere of vested interests keeps expanding. We're not just dealing with fossil fuel interests, we have the utilities and their business models that actually incentivize more expensive energy. We have the tribes who supply workers at coal plants, we have hydrogen which is more a less of device to boost natural gas use, and so on. We shouldn't allow ourselves to be sidetracked. We need practical solutions, not market solutions.
Best in a while. Breaking down the sectors into discrete non-overlapping areas is tough to do but necessary for rational policy. So, that's good. I would like you to do a thought exercise. If you were empowered to lay our the most rational cost-effective and efficient pathway to emission-free energy, what would it be? The path must keep modernity largely intact and include policies that protect the people (not the financial interests of interested parties) who will be impacted in the transition. In other words, lay out the fastest, simplest, and cheapest way. Then go back and suggest high-level policies that will deal with the social impact. So often we are sidetracked on political and social and technical issues. Then we try to figure out the best outcomes for the vested interests, and the sphere of vested interests keeps expanding. We're not just dealing with fossil fuel interests, we have the utilities and their business models that actually incentivize more expensive energy. We have the tribes who supply workers at coal plants, we have hydrogen which is more a less of device to boost natural gas use, and so on. We shouldn't allow ourselves to be sidetracked. We need practical solutions, not market solutions.